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We support discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and we’re taking on three worldwide health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
The world is very likely to enter an El Niño phase this year. This would raise global temperatures and make extreme climate and weather events and their health consequences more likely. Find out how El Niño affects health, and why preparedness is vital to mitigate its impacts.
This paper examines why the ecosystem of infectious disease research and development (R&D) fails to meet people's needs and sets out potential routes for reform and key areas for discussion.
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Browse the shortlisted and winning images from over twenty years of the Wellcome Image Awards and Wellcome Photography Prize.
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